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  • November 2007: It is with much sadness that we mark the passing of Stoney Mudd: Hong Kong advertising legend, inspiration, guru, wordsmith, man of ideas, raconteur, tower of strength, confidante, father-figure, brother, and above all, friend.

    Profligate with love, he gave, gave, and gave some more. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, he was gone. Only five days before at lunch with Tomoko and I, he was bouncing our daughter Mika up and down on his lap, like a pro, and saying; "I told you this was the best thing you can do years ago, right?" Yes of course, you were right, Stones.

    We will love you and miss you forever.

    The voice and words of Stoney feature on the track "Ponchartrain", from the Celestial album "Hong Kong Dub Station".

    Rest In Peace, Stones.

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  • September 2007: Oh dear. Somebody has uploaded two videos of Pete shot in 1982 to YouTube...

  • September 2007: Pete is interviewed on "Sony Style" a lifestyle/arts program which goes out on AXN Asia. See it here>.

  • July 2007: The new Celestial video is completed. Shot and edited by Pete, the video to ”Kowloon, Hong Kong”, from the new album “Electric Road”, is a trippy journey through Hong Kong... See it here>

  • July 2007: Celestial are featured artists on DJ Chill Will's Dubsession Podcast, with Pete talking to Will about the music. Listen here>

  • June 2007: On the same day, the first two great reviews of Electric Road arrive (see reviews), plus an interview with Pete is featured on website Evolution Of Media...

  • June 2007: Pete features on RTHK's Morning Brew with Phil Whelan, and they play a few tracks from Electric Road.

  • June 2007: Electric Road is back from the pressing plant and is available here now...

  • May 2007: The Fourth Celestial album, Electric Road, is completed and at the pressing plant. Watch this space...

  • January 2007: The "Pounding Waves" video (created by atomicsushi) wins a first prize at the IShotHongKong film festival.

  • January 2007 : "Electric Road" is nearly finished and you can hear some of the tracks here, including the track "Electric Road" which is currently being featured in the new Sony “Robots” TV commercial.

  • October 2006: A new Celestial production, "Songs For Swinging Lovers", by Shamus Dark is released. Check it here>.

  • June 2006: Work has begun in earnest on the 4th Celestial album, to be titled "Electric Road", whilst the mysterious Shamus Dark is very close to releasing his first album "Song For Suicidal Lovers" featuring many the musicians involved in Celestial. Check back here regularly for more info.

  • February 2006: The new project from the Celestial stable is nearly completed - featuring the mysterious Shamus Dark...

  • August 2005: A boxed set of Celestial's first three CDs, Hong Kong Dub Station, Happy Valley, and Spirit House, is released, available in all good record shops in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

  • July 2005: A top ten of albums available at the British label Shopsonic found it's way into the British newspaper The Independent (10th July 2005 - click for JPG) and features Hong Kong Dub Station at #9:

    As published in the Independent on Sunday, Arts supplement on the 10th July 2005 - a top 10 of ambient and chillout music all available from Shopsonic.
    1) Matthew Florianz The Tone T(h)ree HS Recordings. 8.95. Delicate ambient tones, with an almost classical music quality.
    2) Tom Heasley Desert Triptych FARFIELD Records. 8.95. Live recording with didjeridu and voice. Sweeping organic ambient landscapes that have to be heard to be believed.
    3) Another Fine Day Life Before Land Another Fine Label. 9.95. Tom Green (AFD) worked with ‘The Orb’ on their seminal ‘Adventures beyond the Ultraworld’ CD.
    4) Sonosync Music in time with your resting heartbeat 3 CDs. Sonosync.com 11.95. 3 CDs at varying tempos. Tranquil ambient music for relaxation.
    5) Jon Hopkins Opalescent Just Music. 11.95. A modern classic. Featured heavily as background music on ‘Sex and the City’. Blissfully ambient, with gentle beats.
    6) Brian Eno Shutov Assembly All Saints Records. 12.95. The re-issue of the classic Eno album.
    7) Djivan Gasparyan Moon Shines at Night All Saints Records. 11.95. Brian Eno discovered his music. Hugely moving instrumental music recorded on the ‘duduk’ - an Armenian flute.
    8) Gel-Sol EMIT1104. EM:T Records. 11.00. Satisfyingly chunky down tempo rhythms. Perfect for chilling to on summer evenings!
    9) Celestial Hong Kong Dub Station. Drum Music. 9.50. Funky Asian dub beats and chilled tones. A wonderful and unique album!
    10) Various Urban Electronic Poetry. Shaltkreis Records. 11.95. Collection of poets and electronic musicians combine to create fantastic music. CD and video DVD.

  • June 2005: Hong Kong Dub Station gets a five star rating "Better Than Sex" from Singapore's Think Magazine.

  • February 2005: Hong Kong Dub Station receives yet another rave review @ www.ambientmusicguide.com

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  • February 2005: Celestial to play their first Hong Kong live gig at mini-Rockit, in support of the UNICEF Asian Tsunami Fund. Friday 4th February, Amnesia, 4/F Al Aqbar Building, 30 Hollywood Road, Central.

  • January 2005: Hong Kong's BC Magazine features an in depth interview with Celestial

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  • December 2004: Celestial play their first live gig (not counting 2 nights with Sur Sudha and backing tracks a few years ago, supporting Dimitri From Paris) for the Hennessy VSOP Discover Music sessions, at Bliss in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. See a photo here>

  • November 2004: More rave reviews of Hong Kong Dub Station in the fourth edition of the Hong Kong's infamous Robot Magazine, the not so infamous HK Magazine, plus BC Magazine. See them all here>

  • November 2004: Hong Kong Dub Station is featured on the show of reknowned Hong Kong music critic, Wong Chi Chung on HK Cable TV. See here>.

  • October 2004: Hong Kong Dub Station receives 4 out of 5 stars from David Watkins in Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post.

  • October 2004: Just in time for the launch party of Hong Kong Dub Station (at Yumla on October 21st) Celestial's albums become available at Apple's iTunes Store and HMV, Hong Kong.

  • October 2004: Hong Kong Dub Station receives airplay on reknowned independent radio show :""The Upper Room with Joe Kelley" "

  • September 2004: Hong Kong Dub Station receives a rave review from the Evolution Of Music website - a site dedicated to independent music.

  • September 2004: All three Celestial albums are available for sale through the leading US purveyor of independent music: cdbaby.com.

  • August 2004: All three Celestial albums are available for the first time for Digital Download through Singapore based SoundBuzz.com, including for the first time the brand new album; Hong Kong Dub Station.

  • April 2004: International Boutique Shanghai Tang to sell copies of "Happy Valley" and "Spirit House", the first two albums from Celestial.

  • January 2004: Celestial to be featured in the March edition of Kee Magazine, the house magazine of Hong Kong's Kee Club, which is distributed around the world. As well as a feature the magazine will include a free multiformat CD, including a mix of tracks from Hong Kong Dub Station, plus the two earlier Celestial albums, and the four videos.

  • December 2003: After several days of shooting all around Hong Kong, including the soon to be legendary "shadow" (don't ask) - editing begins on the video for "Pounding Waves", at Atomic Sushi, Hong Kong.

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  • September 2003: The final mixes are finished for the new Celestial album, "Hong Kong Dub Station".